End-gate fob autotrucks



T. L. LILLY.

END GATE FOR AUTOTRUCKS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 15. I919.

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A TTORNEYS THOMAS L. LILLY, OF MINONK, ILLINOIS.

END-GATE FOR AUTOTRUGKS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 2, 1919.

, Application flied February 15, 1919. Serial No. 27?;233.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THoMAs L. LILLY, a

, citizen of the United States, and a resident 'of.Minonk, in the county of Woodford and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and "useful Improvements in End-Gates for Autotrucks, of which the following is a specification.

-My invention is an improvement in end gates for auto trucks, and has for its object to provide a gate of the character specified I wherein an auxiliary gate is provlded m connection with the main gate hinged to normally close an opening in the main gate and arranged to swing outward to permit the partial unloading of the truck to release the main end gate when hauling gravel, grain, coal or the lil:

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a rear view of the gate;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the combination latches and pintles for the main ate;

g Fig. 3 is a similar view of the latch and pintle for the auxiliary gate.

In the present embodiment of the invention the main gate 1, which is provided with a handle 2 for manipulating the same, is hinged to the truck body 3 at the lower edge of the gate, to swing outwardly with respect to the body or to swing upwardly into closed position. A strap 4 is secured to each end of the main ate, and each strap is doubled to form at its ower end a bearing 5, the bearings 5 being below the lower edge of the main gate. Each of these hearings 5 is engaged by a combined latch and pintle, consistln of a rod 6 mounted to slide in hearings on the body, and each rod has at one end an angular portion 8 providing a handle for manipulating the latch and pintle.

A cross pin 9 passes through each rod near the end remote from the arm 8, and a coil spring 10 is arranged between each pin and t e bearing 7 remote from the pin, the spring acting normally to force the rod toward the bearing 5 and to hold the rod in -into open or closed position, and the engagement with the bearing. It is obvious that the main gate may swing on these rods a e is held closed by means of a chain 10, w ich passes through eyes 11 on the mam gate near its top and has its ends connected with the body in any usual or desired manner.

Such chains are, as a rule, arranged to permit the gate toopen or to hold it entirely closed or partially closed.

The auxiliary gate 12 is arranged within an opening in t e main gate at the lower end of the sa1d main gate, and this auxiliary gate is hinged to the main gate at the upper edge of the auxiliary gate by hinges 13. Straps 14 are secured transversely of the auxiliary gate on each side of its vertical center, and each of these straps is doubled to form a bearing 15, the bearings 15 being in alinement with the bearings 5 when the arts are in normal position. These bearlngs 15 are adapted to be engaged by pins 16 on a combined latch and pmtle'consisting of a, rod 17 having one end ofi'set angulary to form one of the ins 16, and carrying at the other end the ot er pin 16 in spaced ofi'set relation. The rod also carries a depending arm 18 at the last named end for convenience in handling the same, and the pins 16 are mounted to slide in bearings 19 on the main gate.

A coil spring 20 is arranged between a stop 21 on the body and a stop 22 on the rod, and the said spring acts normally to press the pins 16 into the bearings 15 and 19. This auxiliary gate has a handle 23 for convenience in manipulating the same.

In use, when it is desired to discharge a part of the load before removing the main end gate or when for any other reason it is not desircdjto open the main end gate to gain access, to the material in the body, the rod 17 is oved longitudinally a ainst the resistance f'the spring 20, until t e pins 16 v i are released from the bearings 19. The auxiliary gate can now be swung upwardly on the hinges 13. When it is desired to open the mam end gate without detachin the same from the body, the chain 10 is re eased and the ate is swung down upon the hinges 5-7- anf 1519. When it is desired to remove the end gate from the wagon, the pins 16 are released in the manner above stated and the pins 6 are also released from the bearings 5, by moving the said pins inwardly against the resistance of the springs 10. The entire gate may now be removed being hinged at its top to the. main gate,f and releasable and. arranged in alinement hiniglilng leaiies securedtithelauxiliargsgailte with the first named hinges. an aving earings at t eir ower en, ,t e body having bearings alining therewith, a, THOMAS LILLY- 5 latch having a latch pin for engaging each Witnesses:

pair of alnu'ng bearin' s, and auxiliary NELIJE C. LILLY, means connecting the mam gate to the body ANDRE J. KELLY. 

